However, after the passage of the Civil Rights Act in 1964 and favorable Supreme Court rulings, times began to change. ... To achieve those ends, the movement necessitated protection because "Mississippi [was] the only state where you could drag a river any time and find bodies you were not expecting.... The Freedom Summer achieved protection, however, because their revolution was televised; the national attention the movement received pressured Lyndon B. ... Johnson's administration gained political capital when the civil rights workers were killed, politicizing their deaths in an e...

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With representative government, the representative can pledge that he will act in the interest of constituents but is not obligated to. Also, even if he/she does act in the interests of his constituents, the minority opinion will probably not be represented. ... As for slaves, the mere existence of slavery challenges the existence of true democracy in that people are reduced to property are not afforded protection of the law. ...

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It would be easy to accept the popular notion that only representative democratic regimes can be legitimate, after all, that is what is familiar to citizens of the modern Western world and humans, being creatures of habit, will often accept the status quo as that which is right. However, it is neces...

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Since the first amendment of the US constitution, free speech has been demonstrated in instances such as the Child Protection Act, and the US Supreme Court placing restrictions on commercial spending during elections such as political adverts because they violate political free speech rights (CNN, 2014). ...

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